The Extension course on Food Traceability intends to develop food traceability experts is aimed at those who in charge of food-related quality control/quality assurance, food security measures, etc. as well as researchers and students. This course is annually held in Kyoto and Tokyo respectively. The course in Kyoto venue is sponsored by Kyoto University, while the Tokyo venue is by the University of Tokyo and T-Engine Forum. The lecturers include food traceability experts, experts on food security measures such as GAP (Good Agricultural Practice), GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) and HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points), and IT experts who are involved with its application systems. This is one of the best food traceability courses in Japan. One of the course's features is that the method of realizing food traceability system based on the ubiquitous ID technology using ucodes is explained in some detail. In addition, since many actual examples of food traceability systems which were realized using ucodes are introduced, you will find the course highly instructive.
